4527th Combat Crew Training Squadron-Emblem

The 442d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron is an inactive

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unit. It was last assigned to the

474th Tactical Fighter Wing The 474th Tactical Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was at Nellis Air Force Base (IATA code LSV), Nevada, where it trained combat-ready aircrews and maintained a rapid-reaction capability to execute ...

and stationed at

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, Nevada.

History

Established in 1943 as a

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Replacement Training Squadron (RTU) under

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. Also performed air defense over New England. Inactivated in 1944 with the end of RTU training. Activated in 1956 under

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and programmed for

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s. Never manned or equipped, inactivated in early 1957. Reactivated in 1969 as a

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A training squadron, assigned to the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. It was inactivated in 1977 when the parent wing transferred its F-111 aircraft to the 366th TFW at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

Lineage

* Constituted 442d Fighter Squadron on 19 Feb 1943 : Activated on 24 Feb 1943 : Disbanded on 10 Apr 1944. * Reconstituted, and redesignated 442d Fighter-Day Squadron, on 4 Oct 1956. : Activated on 15 Oct 1956 : Inactivated on 8 Feb 1957 * Established and activated by Tactical Air Command as the 4527th Combat Crew Training Squadron on 20 January 1968 : Inactivated on 15 October 1969 * Re-designated as 442d Tactical Fighter Training Squadron on 1 October 1969 : Organized on 15 October 1969, assuming assets of TAC 4527th Combat Crew Training Squadron : Inactivated on 31 July 1977

Assignments

326th Fighter Group 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societie ...

, 24 Feb 1943 *

402d Fighter Group 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

, 25 Nov 1943 – 10 Apr 1944 * 402d Fighter-Day Group, 15 Oct 1956 – 8 Feb 1957 *

, 20 January 1968 – 31 July 1977

Stations

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, Massachusetts, 24 Feb 1943 *

Bedford Army Airfield Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Field ...

, Massachusetts, 17 Sep 1943 *

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, Rhode Island, 21 Nov 1943 – 10 Apr 1944 *

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, Mississippi, 15 Oct 1956 – 8 Feb 1957 *

Nellis AFB Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in " Military Oper ...

, Nevada, 20 January 1968 – 31 July 1977

Aircraft

, 1943-1944 *

A, 1968-1977

References

* Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . *

External links

{{Tactical Air Command Military units and formations in Nevada Fighter squadrons of the United States Air Force Military units and formations established in 1943